Re: Excel97/MSQuery/Oracle Not Working

From: Monster <7161_at_mne.net>
Date: 1997/06/10
Message-ID: <EBL2AI.30K@nonexistent.com>#1/1

I have just been informed that Microsoft has a workaround for this bug. It is explained in Article ID Q168702 in their Knowledge Base at http://www.microsoft.com.kb/articles/q168/7/02.htm

Here is the meat of the article:

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To work around this behavior, use one of the following methods.

Method 1: Disable "Enable Background Refresh"

To prevent the query from being executed in the background, follow these steps:

1.Create your query in Microsoft Query, and then choose to return the data to Microsoft Excel.

2.Click the Properties button in the "Returning External Data to Microsoft Excel" dialog box.

3.Clear the "Enable Background Refresh" check box, and click OK.

4.Click OK to return the results of your query to the worksheet.

NOTE: When the "Enable Background Refresh" option is disabled, you will not be able to perform other tasks when this query is executed.

Method 2: Move Your Mouse Pointer

If you move your mouse pointer continuously while the data is being returned to Microsoft Excel, the query may not fail. Do not stop moving the mouse until all of the data has been returned to Microsoft Excel. Please note that depending on your query, it may take several minutes to return the results of your query to the worksheet.

Method 3: Paste the Data into the Worksheet

To paste the data from Microsoft Query into the worksheet, follow these steps:

1.In Microsoft Query, create the appropriate parameters for your query.

2.Select an item in the data pane.

3.Press CTRL+SHIFT+SPACEBAR to select all of the data in the data pane.

4.Click Copy on the Edit menu.

5.Activate Microsoft Excel.

6.Click Paste on the Edit menu.

The data will be pasted onto your worksheet.

NOTE: When you use this method, none of the parameters used to query your database are saved with the data, so the Refresh Data command cannot be used to update the results of the query. As a result, you must follow these steps each time the query requires an update. Received on Tue Jun 10 1997 - 00:00:00 CDT